Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Balad Verse 15

Mufti Taqi Usmani

to an orphan near of kin,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

to an orphaned relative

Ruwwad Translation Center

to an orphan relative,

A. J. Arberry

to an orphan near of kin

Abdul Haleem

an orphaned relative

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

An orphan, of kin,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

To the orphan with claims of relationship,

Abul Ala Maududi

to an orphan near of kin;

Ahmed Ali

The orphan near in relationship,

Ahmed Raza Khan

Of a related orphan,

Ali Quli Qarai

an orphan among relatives

Ali Ünal

An orphan near of kin,

Amatul Rahman Omar

An orphan, near of kin,

English Literal

An orphan of a relation/near/close.

Faridul Haque

Of a related orphan,

Hamid S. Aziz

An orphan who is a kin,

Hilali & Khan

To an orphan near of kin.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Or the poor man lying in the dust.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

To an orphan, having relationship,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

An orphan near of kin,

Muhammad Sarwar

an orphaned relative

Qaribullah & Darwish

to an orphaned relative

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

To an orphan near of kin.

Wahiduddin Khan

of an orphaned relative

Talal Itani

An orphan near of kin.

Tafsir jalalayn

to an orphan near of kin (maqraba means qarba),

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

يَتِيمًا


To an orphan,

meaning, he gives food on a day like this to an orphan.

ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ



near of kin.

meaning, who is related to him.

Ibn Abbas, Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Ad-Dahhak and As-Suddi all said this.

This is similar to what was related in a Hadith that was collected by Imam Ahmad on the authority of Salman bin Amir who said that he heard the Messenger of Allah say,

الصَّدَقَةُ عَلَى الْمِسْكِينِ صَدَقَةٌ وَعَلَى ذِي الرَّحِمِ اثْنَتَانِ

صَدَقَةٌ وَصِلَة

Charity given to the poor person is counted as one charity, while if it is given to a relative it is counted as two;

- charity and

- connecting the ties (of kinship).

At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i both recorded this Hadith and its chain of narration is authentic.

Then Allah says,

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ